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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
14
The column collects varied items from across the Midwest spirit and headlines. It mentions Peru Indiana councils, a new lady lawyer in New York, a Chicago elevator crash, and whimsical notes on Shakespeare and Jupiter Pluvius. It also touches on a Mississippi constable and Cuban-Spanish tensions in a pithy, scattershot roundup.
The clipping mocks a sensational claim that Americans shelled a Cuban town. It notes only one American fired three shells and jokes about water in New York and Niagara power. It mentions Spain's stance toward the US, a Beloit hen with a clock dial, war end chatter, and Jeff Davis’ nephew wounded in Paris Kentucky after a whisky dispute.
An opera singer tested her lung power by yelling into the ear of a large St Bernard dog in Albany. The dog bit back, but likely regretted the sudden response moments later.
Dr Hall asks whether parrots and monkeys share the same kind of time on earth if both species survive. He ponders future existence and the nature of life extending beyond present conditions.
A Chicago aeronaut fell 800 feet from a balloon, landed on a railroad track, and escaped injury. The incident suggests a risky method as a potential stunt for successors.
Announcement from Dayton Ohio states burial permits will be refused when deaths result from Christian science treatment. The piece notes public concern and suggests offering patients the same chance to live by avoiding such treatment. A London report claimed a bicycle collision in Sloane Street led to a decapitation and alleged coroners were bribed to suppress inquest reports.
The article notes Rudyard Kipling is quarrelling with his brother in law. It suggests hiring a man for Kipling’s exclusive use during quarrels or sending a specialist on dyspepsia to manage his condition.
A Chicago man lent his bicycle to a girl in bloomers who sped away and did not return it. He pursued and eventually recovered the wheel, illustrating that homely dress does not prove honesty.
In Centerville Justice Court Hemphill’s lawyers waive examination as investigators press on with the murder case of Mamie Peterson. Police disclose finding a six shot .38 revolver with five loaded cartridges and one empty chamber hidden in Hemphill’s garden, arguing it matches the crime scene given three shots fired and post‑shooting cartridge insertion.
Circumstantial evidence points to murder at Croton near Keokuk. A child died after taking cough medicine. stomach tests showed strychnine. Grandsons Eugene and Mark Harlan opposed Mrs. Ann Chidester, who lived with her father A. W. Harlan. Eugene bought strychnine to kill wolves and has disappeared.
At Augusta on May 25 a worn out boiler exploded in Penn Sharp’s sawmill after a fireman admitted too much steam. Ben Meyer was blown through the wall and hurled fifty feet, badly injured but not fatally. Sharp suffered severe head injuries. the mill wrecked.
The 1895 high school contests in Cedar Rapids featured Des Moines Iowa City Clinton Fort Dodge Tipton Sioux City Marengo Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. Clinton won the greatest number of prizes last year and again today earning the state cup and a berth to the national athletic meet.
Mystic May 25 The biggest deal in Iowa coal lands is near completion A syndicate of capitalists is negotiating to buy all Milwaukee road coal mines from Jerome to Mystic and Darby If finalized it will end the rate cutting and labor agitation of the past two years.
A stock car on a Burlington train west of Prescott caught fire killing nine horses. The stock was headed from Davis City to East St. Louis. About a mile west of Prescott flames were spotted. train stopped and firemen saved about a dozen horses.
Fred Doud and Mike Evans, arrested at Eldon, were acquitted of assault with intent to kill after a May 24 trial in Ottumwa. They were later found guilty of assault and battery, sentenced to thirty days in jail with the sentence suspended on good behavior.
In Muscatine district court Judge Wolf sentenced Mart Woods, convicted of dynamiting in 1893, to ten years in the penitentiary.
The grand lodge of the A O U W of Iowa selects Mason City as the site for the next biennial gathering though the exact date remains undecided. Officers named include G M W Dr S G Blythe Nora Springs G F Charles R Clark Montezuma G O C P Shipley Mason City G R Ht B White Waterloo and G R E A Wadleigh Clinton. A committee is appointed to plan admitting ladies into the order and will report at the next grand lodge meeting.
A destructive cyclone struck northern Polk and Jasper counties near Des Moines on Sunday night. Death toll exceeds twenty with scores injured. extensive property damage includes destroyed homes churches and barns. fatalities reported in Bondurant Santiago Valeria Mingo and Elkhart. widespread crop and livestock losses follow the twenty-five mile path. Elsewhere at North McGregor floods drown twenty-five to thirty people and dozens more missing amid rising rivers and wrecked trestles and cars along the Mississippi region.
May 25 report from Awful Dubuque details two Fisher children tipping a kettle of boiling water onto themselves. One child is dead and the other is not expected to survive.
Oshkotoosa May 23. In a row at Muchakinock George Lewis a cook killed Sam Porterfield a bartender.
Five thousand dollar bond issue for a courthouse appropriation was defeated by a 1 086 vote margin in Van Buren county. In Council Bluffs the superior court awarded Mrs. Susan A. Moore 3000 from Union Fraternal Accident Association. Dubuque grand jury discharged after two indictments against ex Mayor Olinger for embezzlement and misconduct.
Police link pastor Rev. Francis Hermann to the disappearances and deaths of Miss Clawson and Miss Samuelson. Evidence found in the Scandinavian Methodist church basement includes a furnace with blood on a barrel, razors, and clothes in Hermann’s trunk. Annie Samuelson, 22, is named as a former admirer and intended bride. Hermann’s whereabouts are unknown with dispatches from several cities reporting no trace.
Gen Lucius Fairchild died Saturday evening at 6 50 in Madison Wisconsin He was born December 27 1831 and lost an arm in the Civil War He held posts secretary of state governor consul general in Paris and minister to Spain He lies in state at the capitol and a private service precedes a public address by Rev Joseph Sanderson of Augusta Ill The funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon
Des Moines May 26 Iowa building and loan associations seek what the new law requires they do to conform to fixed standards report to the auditor of state and submit to examination. The act takes effect July 4 with sixty days to comply foreign associations must post 100000 in securities to protect stockholders before operating in Iowa no association may accept deposits or pay interest.
A tramcar on the Agate avenue line ran out of control near midnight and overturned on a downhill curve. Twelve people were injured among seventy four passengers. The most serious victims include Mrs. Sarah Hanson age 48 with internal injuries, Mrs. Jessie Connett age 25 with concussion, and Mrs. Albert Zimmerman age 36 with a scalp wound.
Ex governor Horace Boies was nominated by acclamation for national delegation at the Iowa Democratic state convention held in Dupriere. S. B. Evans elected chairman and Charles Walsh secretary. delegates to Chicago chosen across districts with free silver stance and minority protest over silver coinage.
The Iowa Democratic platform denounces the demonetization of silver and calls for free coinage at 16 to 1, immediate repeal of demonetizing laws, and full legal tender. It opposes debt-funded currency schemes and demands coin redemption in gold or silver, with a labor relations official to study tariff-protected industries and report to the legislature. Delegates pledge to support Horace Boies’s nomination at Chicago in 1896.
Weary communities in Nemaha Marshall and Cloud counties face massive devastation after a fierce cyclone. Fourteen killed and up to sixty injured with hundreds left homeless in Seneca Oneida Sabetha and Frankfort. Total losses exceed a million dollars with ongoing casualty updates.
Lieutenant Luther B. Baker, a member of General L. C. Baker's staff and chief of the secret service bureau, died in Lansing. He led the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth and demanded Booth's surrender before Booth's death. He remained with Booth after Corbett's shot and helped disposition of Booth's body.
In Topeka on May 26 the Kansas populists weigh a national ticket deal with Democrats if free coinage wins in Chicago. A western candidate acceptable to populists could win Kansas delegates to St Louis. Bland Morrison and Boies are viewed favorably by Kansas populists.
Ex-Senator Platt issued a statement asserting that businessmen will have their views heard at St Louis on the gold standard and a gold platform candidate. He said New York will present such a candidate and its vote will be cast almost unanimously.
Li Hung Chang special envoy to the czar’s coronation says his mission centers on studying European and American government systems. After Russia he will tour France and England, then go to America to learn and possibly introduce foreign customs to China.
Four Ohio congressional districts named delegates to the national Democratic convention. Hardin and Logan counties chose three silver delegations to the state convention on Saturday, signaling likely adoption of a free silver resolution as Senate Brice’s opposition appears to fade.
A natural gas explosion in a Hartford City Window-Glass plant blew up the blowing-room tank injuring workers William Sutton and John Werthen who may die. The blast comes a week before shutdown, leaving about 600 men out of work and causing $8,000 in loss.
Henry Bolin former city treasurer is sentenced by Judge Baker to nineteen years of hard labor in the state penitentiary plus a fine of 211900. He served nearly four years as city treasurer with shortages uncovered last July. He is 55 years old.
Paris and Newcastle obituaries appear in brief items. Morin the famed French cyclist wins both heats against American John S Johnson in the Velodrome de la Seine 2000-meter race. Ella Richardson dies in Newcastle. Dr. H C Nicholson dies in Independence. Nicholson claimed invention of quadruplexee messaging.
A novelty teacup stand is rising in popularity to prevent cups from tipping. The stand, part of ceramic sets, is usually made of Carlsbad china with decorative elements like a large pansy. It costs about 50 cents and complements plain or Renaissance lace teacloths.
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